The fall 2016 anime series The Great Passage, aka Fune wo Amu, has obviously come and gone this long without a home video pickup while the Japanese home video side was handled by Aniplex Japan. That’s finally changing as Discotek Media has announced their pickup of the show with plans for a Blu-ray release. There are no details yet in regards to dates, extras, or anything else beyond it getting a Blu-ray release.
Toshimasa Kuroyanaga directed it based on the series composition by Takuya Sato. Character designs were handled by Hiroyuki Aoyama with Zecsx handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Takahiro Sakurai as Mitsuya Majime, Hiroshi Kamiya as Masashi Nishioka, Maaya Sakamoto as Kaguya Hayashi, Tetsuo Kaneo as Kouhei Araki, Mugihito as Housuke Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Sakakibara as Kaoru Sasaki, Chiwa Saito as Remi Miyoshi and Yoko Hikasa as Midori Kishibe.
The opening theme song is “Skiokaze” by Taiiku Okazaki and the ending theme song “I&I” which will be performed by Leola.
Plot concept: The series revolves around Mitsuya Majime and Masashi Nishioka. Mitsuya is a serious man who is a poor talker, and Masashi is a sociable man. The novels follow their friendship, determination, and passion as they work together to publish a new dictionary titled “The Great Passage”.